Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Deborah Jean Campbell, Carol Schuldt and Jane Hilken

Titles: Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Deborah Jean Campbell, Carol Schuldt and Jane Hilken (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Deborah started as a volunteer, and worked in the bookstore, wrote for BookWomen, and maintained the "Pit" (storage area) by building bookshelves and organizing things. She was a manager in a corporation prior to joining Minnesota Women's Press (MWP) in 1991. Carol worked as office manager at MWP beginning in 1990. She was involved in presentation and outreach of MWP, and actively participated in bookgroups and other events sponsored by the company. She attended Metropolitan State University, worked at the YWCA, and had four grown children. Jane joined MWP as a volunteer on the Directory in 1996. She had been a subscriber to the paper since 1988. At the time of the interview she proofed employment ads and worked on other projects such as surveys. Jane earned a master's degree in Women's Studies. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Individual stories of involvement with MWP; tour groups through MWP offices; volunteering at MWP; book-scouting for MWP; newspaper readership survey; "Feminist Finds"; job flexibility at MWP; staff book group; OfficeTalk - internal publication; Feminist Forum; diversity and feminism at MWP; decision-making at MWP; MWP work culture; accommodation of physical needs in office; interaction with book store and other customers; values and impact of MWP.

Dates

• 09/22/1999 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Campbell, Deborah Jean
• interviewee: Hilken, Jane
• interviewee: Schuldt, Carol J.
• interviewer: Brewer, Kathryn Balstad

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 75
• Accession Number: AV2001.34.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project' <OH 75>

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 22 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

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